Belview vs Lafayette

A side-by-side comparison of Belview and Lafayette: population, income, housing, and more.

Belview and Lafayette are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Belview has the higher population (920 vs 528 in Lafayette). Belview has the higher median household income ($45,000 vs $32,210 in Lafayette). Since 2019, Lafayette's population has grown faster (-7.2% vs -14.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Belview	Lafayette
Population	920	528
Median age	28.6 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$45,000	$32,210
Median home value	$139,100	—
Median gross rent	$1,039	—
Housing units	352	257
Homeownership rate	39.5%	89.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.4%	16.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	60.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belview	Lafayette
Population	1,072 → 920 (-14.2%)	569 → 528 (-7.2%)
Median household income	$56,737 → $45,000 (-20.7%)	$33,523 → $32,210 (-3.9%)
Median home value	$156,300 → $139,100 (-11.0%)	—
Median gross rent	$734 → $1,039 (+41.6%)	—

Belview

Population

1,072920

Median household income

$56,737$45,000

Median home value

$156,300$139,100

Median gross rent

$734$1,039

Lafayette

Population

569528

Median household income

$33,523$32,210

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belview	Lafayette
Under 5	3.6%	6.3%
5 to 17	25.4%	6.4%
18 to 24	13.8%	28.6%
25 to 34	15.8%	0.0%
35 to 44	18.4%	13.8%
45 to 54	5.1%	9.7%
55 to 64	7.7%	8.7%
65 to 74	9.5%	11.0%
75 and over	0.8%	15.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belview	Lafayette
White (non-Hispanic)	69.7%	87.7%
Black or African American	20.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	12.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belview	Lafayette
No high school diploma	21.9%	23.2%
High school graduate	29.8%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	40.9%	17.4%
Bachelor's degree	4.0%	5.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belview	Lafayette
Drove alone	69.1%	76.6%
Carpooled	27.2%	13.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	10.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belview	Lafayette
1-unit, detached	28.7%	52.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	23.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.3%
Mobile home & other	47.7%	38.1%

Poverty & households

	Belview	Lafayette
Poverty rate	32.6%	31.4%
Average household size	2.61	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	2002	1961